Public tours waterfront tunnel launch site, drill

July 22, 2013 |By JOSHUA TRUJILLO

The public got an up close look at Big Bertha and the pit where the massive underground drill will be lauched near the Alaskan Way Viaduct in downtown Seattle.

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, left, and former Gov. Chris Gregoire, right, react to applause, Saturday in Seattle, after they took part in the christening of "Bertha," a massive tunnel-boring machine that is expected to spend the next 14 months boring a two-mile tunnel to replace the 60-year-old Alaskan Way Viaduct, a double deck highway along the downtown Seattle waterfront.

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, left, and former Gov. Chris Gregoire, right, react to applause, Saturday in Seattle, after they took part in the christening of "Bertha," a massive tunnel-boring machine that is expected to spend the next 14 months boring a two-mile tunnel to replace the 60-year-old Alaskan Way Viaduct, a double deck highway along the downtown Seattle waterfront.